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Creative & Media · Updated Aug 2026

Media Technical Directors/Managers

Coordinate activities of technical departments, such as taping, editing, engineering, and maintenance, to produce radio or television programs.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
56/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
48/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage87%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Direct technical aspects of newscasts and other productions, checking and switching between video sources and taking responsibility for the on-air product, including camera shots and graphics.High
73
Switch between video sources in a studio or on multi-camera remotes, using equipment such as switchers, video slide projectors, and video effects generators.High
71
Supervise and assign duties to workers engaged in technical control and production of radio and television programs.High
72
Operate equipment to produce programs or broadcast live programs from remote locations.High
71
Act as liaisons between engineering and production departments.Medium
74
Follow instructions from production managers and directors during productions, such as commands for camera cuts, effects, graphics, and takes.High
37
Collaborate with promotions directors to produce on-air station promotions.Medium
74
Observe pictures through monitors and direct camera and video staff concerning shading and composition.High
32
Set up and execute video transitions and special effects, such as fades, dissolves, cuts, keys, and supers, using computers to manipulate pictures as necessary.High
37
Monitor broadcasts to ensure that programs conform to station or network policies and regulations.High
39
Discuss filter options, lens choices, and the visual effects of objects being filmed with photography directors and video operators.Medium
71
Train workers in use of equipment, such as switchers, cameras, monitors, microphones, and lights.Medium
38
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Act as liaisons between engineering and production departments.74
  2. Collaborate with promotions directors to produce on-air station promotions.74
  3. Direct technical aspects of newscasts and other productions, checking and switching between video sources and taking responsibility for the on-air product, including camera shots and graphics.73
  4. Supervise and assign duties to workers engaged in technical control and production of radio and television programs.72
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Observe pictures through monitors and direct camera and video staff concerning shading and composition.01
  2. Follow instructions from production managers and directors during productions, such as commands for camera cuts, effects, graphics, and takes.02
  3. Set up and execute video transitions and special effects, such as fades, dissolves, cuts, keys, and supers, using computers to manipulate pictures as necessary.03
  4. Train workers in use of equipment, such as switchers, cameras, monitors, microphones, and lights.04
  5. Monitor broadcasts to ensure that programs conform to station or network policies and regulations.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency79
Physical dependency45
Adoption pressure52
Labour-market resilience64
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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